El Lefty Malo

5.11.2006

Open Letter Follow-Up

I haven't heard back from Tim Dahlberg, for some reason. We had such a beautiful thing going.

But into the breach has stepped Gwen Knapp of the Chronicle, who has written nearly the same column in today's paper. It's not as snide as Dahlberg's piece, but it's just as unsubstantiated.

A few thousand empty seats = Less hometown love for Barry.

There are seeds of interesting topics in Knapp's column, such as declining attendance and the post-Barry quandry that the Giants face.

But before you write a "Giants fans don't love Barry as much" column, the least you could do is actually find me a group of anti-Barry Giants fans -- or even one, for chrissakes -- and let us know what they think.

What's a Lefty Malo?

It's an ancient Mexican baseball insult. Eighteen
years ago, I was pitching for my high school team in a tournament in Guadalajara, and two borrachos down
the third-base line heckled me with the insult "Lefty Malo," a.k.a., Bad Lefty.